Week 4 Muddiest Point

I'm confused about the MARC records. What is the relationship between tags and indicators?

Comments on Week 4 Postings

I commented on Anthony's blog.

Week 4 Notes

Databases:
In my last job I had to deal with databases that related to energy use. I had to quickly absorb SQL in order to filter and create tables, so I have a functional knowledge, but am nowhere near fluent. These were relational databases, and as far as I knew these were the only types of databases that existed. It was interesting to learn about Hierarchical and Network models, though I am having trouble visualizing them.

Metadata:
Up until now metadata was only the tags on mp3s, as far as I knew. It seems like almost everything has metadata. Inconsistency in the labeling of my mp3s has always been a pet peeve of mine, so I can understand the need for a standardization system like the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. DCMI's capacity to expand to meet the needs of specific metadata needs of different communities.

(About the DCMI article, did anyone else have trouble accessing this? I ended up using Google's cache version.)